The anti-Lieberman forces will be out in pillorying Lieberman for speaking at the GOP convention. Lest we forget good old Zell Miller in 2004. Ultimately these national political conventions have lost their meaning. Both parties have worked their way into corners where the nominee isn’t decided anymore by a floor vote of arm twisting and old fashion wrangling. Candidates aren’t candid. Balloons will be red, white and blue, and the television talking heads will breathlessly report who ate what for breakfast– as a new form of polling data.
There are a couple of conventions that I would eagerly attend. One is TED. You can check it out here. The other is the World Economic Forum in Davos. Great things can come from the cross pollination of ideas and viewpoints. This is something that recently has been absent in national politics. While we are very much a purple nation, the two political parties are busy trying define red and blue. While the world is changing due to shifting economic activity, our two political politics are mired in the minutia of modifying individual behaviors.
But if we must focus on the conventions, here’s my advice on how to make them a wee bit more interesting. Vice President Cheney will send Emperor Palpatine to speak from an undisclosed location and he will demonstrate how to shoot a friend at the GOP convention. At the Democratic convention Bill Clinton, Gary Hart and John Edwards will speak about personal responsibility. The robots from Mystery Science Theater will provide all commentary.
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